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" ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF STATE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF STATE   AND   EFFECT OF ISLAMIZATION OF LAWS   [Talk delivered to the members of the Faculty and the Students of the 1991 Course at Command and Staff College, Quetta on 5th August, 1991.]   By   Mr. Justice Dr.Nasim Hasan Shah, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan   In the modern world there are two types of State; one in which the States and religion are completely separated, following the principle "Render unto Ceaser (King) what belongs to him and Render unto God what belongs to Him". Here God and King (State) are regarded as two separate and distinct entities. The commands of one are not applicable to the other. The States in Europe are founded on this principle and here spiritual and temporal matters are placed in separate compartments.   In the other type of States no such separation exists‑‑the Sovereign and God are one and the same. Here the Supreme authority vests in God Almighty who is the unchallenged ruler and the supreme dispenser and whose commands are obeyed by all. In this State, human rulers are his vice‑regents and their orders are obeyed only when they conform with and are derived from His divine commands or at least are not repugnant to them. This is an Islamic State.   Professor Wilfred C. Smith, the well‑known Western Scholar of Islam commenting on the great debate going in the early 1950's about the role of Islam in Constitution‑making in Pakistan, said:   "Islam is a religion, and like other religions, is transcendant, ineffable; no form can continue or exhaust it. Like other religions it has been expressed in many forms ‑‑ artistic, intellectual, mystic but more than some others, social. In fact, Islam…